Use of O-Antigen Gene Cluster-Specific PCRs for the Identification and O-Genotyping of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5103-5112

  Bogdanovich, Tatiana ^a   Carniel, Elisabeth ^c   Fukushima, Hiroshi ^d   Skurnik, Mikael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0242593805     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5103-5112.2003     Document Type: Article

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